Jury deliberates in child sexual abuse case against retired Prince George County educator William Barnes

Mistrial declared in child sex abuse case involving former Prince George school administrator

PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The trial involving a former Prince George County school administrator accused of child sex crimes ended in a mistrial on Thursday, after four days in court and nearly seven hours of jury deliberation. On Thursday, Jan. 8, the jury could not come to a unanimous decision regarding any of the several charges 79-year-old William Barnes Jr. faced -- which included sexual battery, indecent acts with a child and for…

Jury deliberates in child sexual abuse case against retired Prince George County educator William Barnes

PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. The case of William Barnes Jr., a retired educator facing multiple charges of child sexual abuse in Prince George County, is now in the hands of the jury. The jury of 12 has been deliberating since just after noon Thursday following two hours of closing arguments and a failed attempt by the defense to throw the case out based on the credibility of the alleged victim.Commonwealth's special prosecutor Tim Dustin thanked t…